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Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold turn the clock back 500 years to the early Tudor period to become tenant farmers...
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Network:BBC Two
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Season 1

  • Episode 1
    8.5/1020 votes
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    Episode 1

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/13/2013

    Ruth Goodman, Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold run a farm exactly as it would have been in 1500.

    Director: Stuart Elliott

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 2
    8.7/1019 votes
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    Episode 2

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/20/2013

    A look at wool production in 1500, which accounted for around half the country's wealth.

    Director: Giulia Clark

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 3
    8.5/1018 votes
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    Episode 3

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/27/2013

    This episode focuses on the staple foods of everyday Tudor life - bread and ale.

    Director: Stuart Elliott

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 4
    8.4/1017 votes
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    Episode 4

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/4/2013

    The team learn how aspirational tenant farmers would have decorated their farmhouses.

    Director: Stuart Elliott

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 5
    8.4/1018 votes
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    Episode 5

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/11/2013

    The team explores Tudor hospitality, learning how the monasteries courted wealthy donors.

    Director: Giulia Clark

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 6
    8.6/1018 votes
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    Episode 6

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/18/2013

    The team look back at how Henry VIII's Dissolution brought an end to monastic farming.

    Director: Stuart Elliott

    Writer: N/A